Highlights

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Lithium-Free Battery Aims to Serve as Backup for Grid-Scale Renewable Energy

The new battery chemistry, based on abundant, inexpensive elements, promises to offer an inexpensive solution to storing renewable energy for times when the wind isn't blowing...
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Automotive

Addressing Total Cost of Ownership of Electric Vehicles

This presentation takes a look at details like battery chemistry, bidirectional charging, and battery as a service (BaaS) as ways to reduce the total cost of ownership of an EV...
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The Critical Connection

"The Critical Connection" Podcast, Ep. 1: Advanced Interconnect Solutions in Next-Generation Battery Management Systems

The biggest issues with automotive systems include performance, reliability and safety. No matter how sophisticated your battery management system (BMS) is, it is only as good...
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Power

Silver-Zinc Microbatteries: A Giant Step Forward for Smaller Applications

As manufacturers face demands for smaller and smaller devices, the shortcomings of lithium-ion batteries begin to emerge—and the benefits of silver-zinc batteries begin to assume...
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Test & Measurement

The Effect of Wire-Path Resistance on Battery Measurements

Wire and contact resistance, which can lead to voltage drops, will wreak havoc when testing cells. Here are some tips that can help you alleviate those headaches.
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Why Special Care is Needed When Fuel-Gauging LiFeP04 Batteries

Accurate fuel-gauging is crucial for lithium-iron-phosphate batteries. This article highlights an OCV algorithm leveraging coulomb counting that’s effective in achieving such ...
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Freezing Plus Phase Change May Yield Safer, Flexible Lithium Batteries

A new "ice templating" technique allows formation of a solid, ceramic-based, polymer lithium electrolyte for batteries with straight channels for improved conductivity, energy...
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Sleep, Sense, Connect: Low-Power IoT Design

A wireless IoT “thing” sleeps, senses and connects. How efficiently it does these tasks impacts energy consumption, which also involves design tradeoffs between functionality,...
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Power Semiconductor Products of the Week (3/12-3/18)

Whether you are looking for voltage detectors or MOSFETs, Power Electronics has you covered. Here are some of the latest products to optimize your systems and devices.
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Power Electronics Systems

Power Electronics Products of the Week (3/5-3/11)

Whether you are looking for modular power supplies or high-side switches, Power Electronics has you covered. Here are some of the latest products to optimize your systems and ...